What causes constant hiccups?

Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm caused by stimulation of the diaphragm, phrenic nerve, vagus nerve or central nervous system, etc. The causes of total hiccups include dietary factors, psychiatric factors, and digestive disorders. 1. Dietary factors: for example, overeating, eating spicy and stimulating food, drinking carbonated drinks, eating chili peppers, scallions, garlic and other stimulation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, gastrointestinal peristalsis abnormalities, the stomach to the diaphragm caused by the stimulation of the stomach, which in turn cause hiccups, it is recommended that regular diet, less overeating, less spicy and stimulating food. 2. Mental factors: such as mental trauma, mental stress, anxiety can lead to gastrointestinal neurosis, which in turn affects the phrenic nerve abnormality, resulting in regurgitation and hiccups, it is recommended to relax, avoid anxiety, tension. 3. Digestive diseases: common causes of hiccups, such as indigestion, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux, gastric cancer and other causes of gastrointestinal peristalsis abnormalities, which affects the stomach’s ability to digest and evacuate food, and thus cause hiccups. 4. Others: such as neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, tumors and other diseases, causing abnormal stimulation of vagus and central nervous system, which can cause diaphragmatic spasm and hiccups. If the patient always hiccups frequently or persistently unrelieved, it is recommended to consult the doctor in time, improve the relevant examination, clarify the cause of the disease, and actively treat it, so as to avoid delaying the condition.